Teja Aicher

(? - 2004, Austria)

Teja Aicher was an academic painter, who worked for the magazine Wunderwelt between 1948 and 1976. He was the creator of such comic stories as 'Zwerg Bumsti', 'Piff und Paff', 'Benjamin und Kasimir', 'Stubs und Staberl', 'Perry und Sila', and 'Ritter Ringobert'.

'Zwerg Bumsti' was the most popular character in the Wunder welt magazine, and appeared in a series of illustrated text stories and later as a balloon strip. It has also been adapted into a puppet play. Aicher also originated the 'Eduard und Ottokar' comic in Unsere Zeitung in 1948.